Load Test my Ecoflow Delta Pro UK with Laundry
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Having tested charging the Ecoflow Detla Pro on Solar I wanted to put that energy to good use by washing my laundry.
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I bought the smaller River 2 Max. And I love it...
it ran my full size Beko Fridge/Freezer for over 11 hours.
Is that the one with 500Wh capacity? That's fantastic if it is
@@MattWells0 yes it's only 512Wh... but I have been playing. I connected 2 of my 4amp Ryobi one+ batteries to the XT60 port in the back . Witch gives me an extra 128Wh :)
and I do have a 12V 100Ah LiFePO4 battery that should give me another 1200Wh. but I have not tested it yet
@@IamMotorHomeless You know, I hadn't thought about connecting power tool batteries for charging but that does make a lot of sense, especially in your case. If you can get hold of some eScooter batteries at a good price they may work out well for you, jehugarcia has a video about it ua-cam.com/video/j4hGq7VdsBQ/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/FhhND-AG1Jw/v-deo.html
@@MattWells0 I have not seen that one, I have been watching @TheKilowattChallenge he is using old 18650 Cells that he seems to 'find for free'
@@IamMotorHomeless I have made a 7s battery or of 18650s using jahu's design, I don't intend to make a video about it at some point. Mine came from old laptop batteries that I shucked
I get almost (dies on the last spin ) 5 x 30 degree eco washes per full charge . Brilliant piece of kit . I am so impressed i am currently thinking of expanding the DP and ditching mains completely .
I think a small household probably could be powered by a delta pro with an extra battery or 2. At least from from early spring until late autumn in the UK at least mostly on solar. It is what it is designed to be able to do when combined with the ecoflow smart distribution board. Would love to be able to play with that tech.
@@MattWells0 Im not so keen on the smart battery because it cant be used separately so i am thinking of another DP and wiring a circuit board for each , one for the heavy duties like washing , dishwasher tumble dryer etc and the other for tv lights hoover etc . I dont have solar at the moment but am using my old 2200 watt jenny to charge the DP which takes only 1.8 hours to fully charge 0 to 100% and uses slightly less than 3/4 litre petrol and at current prices this is pretty good . DP has made me re think how i use my power and what i switch on and what i dont . I have a wood stove for heating and i reckon with a little changing of habits and routines i can easily power my house from 2 DPs . Dont forget that the electricity price cap has been removed so bills are going to sky rocket by the end of the year .
@@Chris-tz9ct it sounds like you are the type of customer the delta pro is aimed at. I would imagine that the generator is fairly loud so it must be nice to be able to use electric without needed to have the generator running.
Thanks for sharing. I am very impressed on how much power the Delta Pro has.
Thanks for your comment. I agree, I am impressed with it's capabilities. If you have any suggestions about other things you would like to see tested please let me know :)
Great videos! Are you able to test a jet wash ?
And as can easily be seen, it might be more economical to dry at least some of your clothes using the wind -- old school. However, the clothing does come back like a board this way.
Although wind is better, sun is a close second xD
I really do dig the display of the Delta Pro, it indicates immediately how long the power will last in hours.
Thanks for you comment. Yes I really appreciate the display as well, it is very quick to glance at the screen (which I'm doing far to often) to get a good idea of what it is up to. There is just the right amount of information to be useful without making it difficult to find what you want to know. As I type this it's solar input is abbout 160-180W and the load is 130W.
Air-drying it is then 😁
A tumble tryer is definetly an expensive way to try clothes, outside on a nice day is best but I now have a good dehumidifire it uses a lot less power and has the added advantage of helping to keep the humidity in your house down when the clothes are dry as well.
I always thought that the Delta Pro was powerful but not this powerful. Looks loke Ecoflow has a winner.
Thanks for your comment. I agree, I am impressed with it's capabilities. If you have any suggestions about other things you would like to see tested please let me know :)
@@MattWells0 I'd like to see you do a video on how to use the maximum potential of a delta pro on a day to day basis, around the house. I mean, it's an expensive bit of kit, so if you aren't using it to its full potential then what's the point of getting one? I've ordered one just yesterday, along with solar panels, so need to convince the missus that the cost was justified. ;)
Very informative thanks
Thanks :)
Hi nice video .. I want to buy one to run washing machine, drum dryer, tv light .. but I'm little bit scare because this ecoflow delta pro 3600wh cost £3499 pound and the warranty is only 2 years 🤔
I understand the fear, it is a huge amount of money to spend, I was very hesitant about buying it and it took me a couple of weeks to finally make up my mind.
Mine had worked flawlessly in the 10 months since I got it, and when I have had questions Ecoflow support have always been quick at getting back to me. However, I don't know what they would do in the event of a warranty claim. 2 years is normal for a warranty period for this kind of device and I would expect it to break just because it is our of its warranty period.
Given they have information on the product page of 3500 and 6500 battery cycles that it has a good chance of doing that which at a cycle a day would put it in the 9 to 10 year lifespan.
2 Ecoflow Delta Pro Expansion Battery Kit test it out
Hi Michael, I'll give you a link to my PayPal account if you would like to sponsor them :p
Th Nice video. So it took about 35% of the battery for 1 tumbledryer session🤔
Have you calculated how many ecoflow delta pro, you would need to run a normal household for one Day, when using apliences scattered over the Day?
Thank you for the question.
I haven't calculated that for my house, but according the Evo Energy the average medium sized UK house uses 8kWh and a single Delta Pro with 2 extra batteries for a total of 12.5kWh should be enough to power a house for a typical day. What is likely to be the limiting factor there is that a single unit can only produce 3kW of power with peaks of 4.5kW which may not be enough. According to the Delta Pro website you can use 2 of them together but I am unsure how this works.
I would like to put together a video looking into the possible uses of using an Ecoflow Detla Pro in the future and this is one of the senarios I would like to look at, so if you have any more questions I would love to hear them.
Hallo Matt. Th for your answar.
For me, this system would only be interesting for powering everything in the house, but with thought of mind to when i use wich devices so i dont accidently shuts it off. Buying it for just an accational cup of Coffee, is simply to expensive...could be interresting to see:
A) for how long will it run my "need to have" = refrediator + freezer?
B) for how long will it run my "nice to have" = (A) + oven/pots and pans?
Or (A) + washingmashine/tumbledryer?
C) for how long will it run my "peace at homefront" = (A) + flatscreen tv + Playstation?
Th for your effort, time and work you put into your video. Good job👍
hi @@kristianlarsen471, thanks for the suggestions and your support!
A) I absolutely want to do a fridge and freezer in a future video.
B) This would be a little bit more of a challenge for me as we have a gas hob and the oven is wired into the circute. Maybe I could get hold of a portable induction hob or something.
C) This is actually very close to my intended purpose for my Detal Pro, running a gaming computer off solar. I could sertainly test with a TV+console as part of that video though.
I also have a couple of ideas about how I could push the Delta Pro to it's limits which I hope to make a videos about as well.
Matt
Mine have no issue with my tumble dryer but neither will run the washing machine for the shortest 28min cycle. They power it up but it everything shuts down a few minutes into the wash, strange given they’re both of the same brand (Beko) purchased at the same time, the washing machine is even rated at A+++ energy consumption.
That is really strange, I wonder if there is something happening in the electrons of your washing machine that the delta pro is detecting as a fault but wouldn't trip your house breakers. Have you tried with x-boost enabled?
@@MattWells0 I always have X-Boost enabled, I thought you had to have it on to use the plugs haha
@@InimitaPaul No, X-Boost is used on the AC Output when you aren't to worried about the voltage being a stable 230v for example when welding or an inductive load such as motors. Try using your washing machine with that off, it is possible that the voltage could be dropping to low and causing the washing machine to be upset.
@@MattWells0 I worked it out, manual’s ftw. X-boost isn’t available while a DP is in the bypass AC charging state, everything runs perfectly now. 👍🏻
@@InimitaPaul really glad you got it working, yes I can understand when in passthroguh mode why x-boost doesn't work.
Can you do the same test but with solar panels on a sunny day connected to see the differences in power on the eco.
I don't think I would be able to do a test like that until spring next year at the earliest now. The solar I am generating is about half what it was even a month ago. I can at least give you an idea of what I would expect to see with good solar:
It will depend on how large of a solar array is connected to it, with mine I can and do generate 1600W (the maxiumum the Delta Pro will absorb) for several hours on a nice summer day. Just the washing machine tge Delta Pro would actually charge most of the time. With the tumble drier I suspect that it will use about 15-20% of the battery an hour. I would gues that if I started without about 50% and did 1 wash followed by 1 dry I would end up with about 50%-60% charge remaining.
What a truly fascinating video. Didn't think such a small unit could do this .Does anybody know which solar panels you buy for this and where to get them or do the company that sells the ecoflow sell you the panels too? Thanks .
Any solar panels will work so long as they are within the spec of the Delta Pro's Solar Charge Controller which is 15-150 volts at 16 amps with a cap of 1500 watts. The Detla Pro comes with a cable to convert stand solar panel connector, being MC4s, to be plugged into the back of the battery. You can of corse purchase Ecoflow's own foldable solar panels if you prefer.
I bought 4 230W and 4 280W solar panels second hand from Facebook Marketplace and they have been working fantastically for me. I have serveral videos showing that it works ua-cam.com/video/9OR5_lBkb-4/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/CNLCFPk2QEQ/v-deo.html and ua-cam.com/video/gGxwt0R0KFc/v-deo.html
@@MattWells0 Absolutely brilliant info .Thanks man .Much appreciated .I'm quite amazed at their range actually .Me being an eco warrior and all that.
@@crafter170 It is a very powerful device and you can use it a lot of different ways and that you can combine 2 units together just adds to the possibilities. 6000W is enough to power most homes and with Ecoflow Smart Home Panel you can do just that.
@@MattWells0 Wow that's quite amazing .I'm thinking along the lines of running my microwave and a tabletop ikea electric single burner and boiling the kettle ....With the option to throw it in the boot now and again for a spot of camping .Which model so you think would be best for this please .Ps your advice is like gold dust .Thanks a million.
@@crafter170 you probably couldn't run the kettle and the electric hob at the same time althoguh check the energy usage on them with a meter. The Delta Pro can output 3600 watts, Delta Max can do 2400W which might be enough and is roughly half the price. If you wanted to look at alternatives there is Bluette although I am not as familiar with their product line but I have heard good things.
Have you got sufficient data to work out at what point in time you would be cost negative against the outlay of the Ecoflow?
I don't have exact figures but I worked it out to be about 4 years with the way I use it, however things have changed a bit since then so I would have to calculate it again but it probably isn't far off that, of course as the cost of fuel and electric goes up the time will go down.
Hi thanks for the video ,do you think is the eco flow is suitable for charging an EV
Hi Rz, thanks for the question.
Yes it could used to charge an EV, but I think you would need 2 Delta Pros and the Ecoflow Voltage Hub and probably some of the Extra Batteries as well to begin to make it practical to do on a regular basis and even then I don't think it is a great idea. Perhaps as an emergency, my car is out of power in the middle of no where and I just need to give it enough charge to get it to a charge station senario.
I don't know how easy it would be to access an EV as I don't personally know anyone who has one but I would like to test it.
For a single Delta Pro, assuming the EV does an average of 3 miles per kWh the Ecoflow Delta Pro can store enough energy to drive about 10 miles (double/tripple that if you get the extra batteries). Also the Delta Pro has a 3600W inverter so it would be able to add a mile range every 5 minutes theoretically. Using the UK version that would be using a granny charger which would limit you to 2300W which is more like 1 mile every 8 minutes so more than 2 hours to completely discharge the Delta Pro without the extra batteries.
With 2 Delta Pros and 4 additional batteries you would then have enough capacity at 25kWh to charge a smaller EV, like a Nissan Leaf, full. Also in theory they could charge at 7200W which would be a mile every 2-3 minutes.
Matt
With two of these connected to a smart panel/relay, will they power the circuit for a boiler?
A gas boiler for sure.
An electric one depends on how much power your particular boiler uses and how much hot water you need per day. A delta pro is capable of outputting over 3kw for an hour (add an hour for each battery you add).
Although it should work on a smaller boiler, something that may be worth considering, and I am assuming you are using solar panels. Is to get a DC heating element installed into your boiler that you can connect directly to your solar panels. This would remove the losses converting from dc to ac in the delta pro. Just a thought.
@@MattWells0 I should have been more specific. It’s a combi boiler, gas fired with electrical everything else. I doubt it uses more than the max 30a the SHP output’s.
Thanks for the info 👍🏻
@@InimitaPaul although I'm not familiar with the power usage of boilers I can't imagine that use much electric in a modern boiler as I suspect that it is all control circuitry probably using less than a few Watts most of the time and spikes of tens off Watts for solenoid to control water flow which are all comfortably within the capacity of a single delta pro. If you can check the boilers specs to be sure though.
Hi were did you get the uk version from thanks
Hi Kerry, I got mine for Hampshire Generators www.hampshiregenerators.co.uk/product/generators/portable-power-stations/ecoflow-delta-pro-portable-power-station/ (not an affiliate)
How long do you charge the eco power station for
I mostly charge on solar, I have 2.5kw array and on a good day I can charge up in few hous at the 1600w the solar charge controller can charge at.
Mains UK/EU 220/230v less than 2 horus
Mains US 110v less than 3 hours
You can combine mains and solar charging, I'm not entirely sure how fast that would be, I haven't tried it.
can't believe i just spent 10 minutes watching a washing machine and battery charge meter ... think i need to get a life, the guy who made this vid however - is beyond help